Pocket flasks



A. J. SHEKTER POCKET FLASKS June l2, 1956 Filed July l0, 1955 United States Patent() POCKET FLASKS Abraham J. Shekter, Coral Gables, Fla., assignor to Adela F. Shekter, Coral Gables, Fla.

Application July 10, 1953, Serial No. 367,143

1 Claim. (Cl. 220-23) This invention relates to containers or asks of the type customarily carried in the pocket.

Persons who must upon occasion take medicine at times when they are away from their homes, particularly when the medicine is in the form of a pill, powder or capsule, find it very inconvenient to carry and have available in their pockets both the medicine and the liquid with which to take it. improvised means of carrying the two items frequently result in premature mixing or in the spilling of one or both.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a convenient, flask-like container of suitable size and shape for carrying in the pocket, which will contain not only the usual chamber for liquids but also one or more additional, built-in but completely separate chambers suitable for the carrying of a medicine in either dry or liquid form.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket ask containing separate chambers, each opening independently of the others and all within a general outer contour especially designed to lit the pocket.

Various other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent in the course of the following description.

ln the attached drawing:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View along the line 2-2 as indicated in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the embodiment shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a modification of the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the modification shown in Fig. 6.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 represents the body, or principal receptacle, of the Flask, rounded at all edges for ready insertion into and withdrawal from the pocket and shaped in the usual way to conform generally to the curvature of the body of the wearer of the garment in which it may be carried. The upper portion of the principal receptacle 1 is slightly smaller in outer dimension than the lower portion, forming the annular flange 2 extending around the principal receptacle 1. The principal receptacle 1 is hollow and this hollow comprises the principal chamber 3 of the ask. The principal receptacle 1 has a reduced neck 4 at its upper end, which terminates in a mouth 5, the only opening into the principal chamber 3. The mouth 5 is fitted with an appropriate moisture-tight closure 6. At the base of the neck 4 is a pair of oppositely extending shoulders 40.

Extending over the neck 4 and the shoulders 40, is a removable cover 7. The cover 7 embodies a top wall 41 and side walls 42 depending from the margin of the ICC top wall 41. The top Wall 41 is spaced above the shoulders 40 and the lower portions of the side walls 42 embracingly engage portions of the walls of the principal receptacle 1 below the shoulders 40. The cover 7 is so shaped as to tit over the upper end of the principal receptacle 1 and seat itself on the flange 2. When the cover 7 is thus seated, the outer surfaces of its side walls 42 are iiush with the outer surfaces of the walls 0f the lower portion of the principal receptacle 1.

Numeral 8 designates an auxiliary receptacle of the flask which, in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures l and 2, is cylindrical in shape and is fused into one of the shoulders 40 of the principal receptacle 1 at 9 with its upper end portion in the space between the shoulder 40 and the adjacent portion of the cover 7 and its lower end portion within the principal receptacle 1. At its upper extremity the auxiliary receptacle 8 opens in a mouth 10. The mouth 10 is tted with an appropriate, moisture-tight closure 11.

The neck 4 of the principal receptacle 1 and the upper portion of the auxiliary receptacle 8 project above the shoulders 40 of the principal receptacle 1 at such a height that when their respective closures are in place and the flask cover 7 is seated upon the flange 2 of the principal receptacle 1, the inner surface of the top 41 of the flask cover 7 rests upon the upper surfaces of the closures 6 and 11, reenforcing their retention in the closed position. When the ask cover 7 is removed, the closures 6 and 11 may be removed from the mouths of the respective receptacles 1 and 3 independently of each other.

Figs. l and 2 and the foregoing discussion deal with a single auxiliary receptacle. Additional auxiliary receptacles may be located in the shoulders 40 of the principal receptacle 1 without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the auxiliary receptacle is in the cover 7. A partition 51 extends downwardly from the cover top wall 41, intermediate each end of the cover 7 and the neck 4. Another partition 52 extends inwardly from the side walls 42 at each end of the cover 7, intermediate the top wall 41 and the complemental shoulder 40. The inner end of each partition 51 is joined to the inner end of the complemental partition 52 at 53. Each pair of partitions 51 and 52 form, with cooperating portions of the top wall 41 and side walls 42, an auxiliary receptacle 12, 13 in the cover 7 and occupying a portion of the space between the top wall 41 and the shoulders 40. Openable and closable doors 43 and 44 are provided in the cover top wall 41 to afford access to the auxiliary receptacles 12 and 13. The doors 43 and 44 are hinged at 14 and 15 respectively and are releasably held in the closed position by catches 1S and 19 respectively.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7, the auxiliary receptacles 12 and 13 are formed integrally with the cover '7, as in the case of the embodiment shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5, but open at the ends of the cover 7 rather than at the top. The cover wall 42 has an opening at each end, in the portion thereof projecting above the shoulders 40, each of which openings is provided with an openable and closable door 20, 21 hinged to the complemental end of the wall 42 at the lower margin of the opening therein. Each of the auxiliary receptacles 12 and 13 has an opening in its end, remote from the neck 4, which forms a mouth and is in registry with the opening in the complemental end of the cover wall 42, the doors 20 and 21 thus serving to open and close the auxiliary receptacles 12 and 13 of this embodiment of the invention. At the lateral edges of the doors 20 and 21 are rounded projections 22 which serve as finger holds in opening and closing these doors. The sides of the doors 20 and 21, are winged as shown at 23 so as to form spouts when the doors are in the open position. The projections 24 at the ends of the Wings 23 snap into the Slo-ts 25 in the top 4i. of the ask cover 7 and prevent the opening of the doors 20 and 21 beyond a predetermined angle. When the do-ors 20 and 21 are in the closed position the raised catches 26 snap into the slots 27, also in the top 41 of the ask cover 7, and hold the doors in the closed position.

When the flask is in use, the principal receptacle 1 is filled with water or liquor, The auxiliary receptacles 8, 12 and 13 are iilled with pills or other medicine. The ask when closed iits readily and compactly into the breast or hip po-cket of the carrier and is readily inserted into and withdrawn from the pocket. When the carrier wishes to take a dose of medicine, he removes the ask cover 7, opens one of the auxiliary receptacles 8, 12, or 13, and takes out the dose, closing the auxiliary receptacle immediately to prevent spillage of the remaining medicine. He then opens the principal receptacle 1 and takes suicient liquid to Wash down the dose, closing the receptacle thereafter. The ask cover 7 may then be put back in place and the ilask is ready to be returned to the pocket.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent:

A pocket flask comprising a principal receptacle having a reduced neck and a pair of oppositely extending shoulders at the base of said neck, a removable closure closing said neck, a removable cover extending over said neck and shoulders, said cover embodying a top wall and side Walls depending from the margin of said top wall,

said top wall being spaced above said shoulders and the lower portions of said side walls embracingly engaging portions of the walls of said principal receptacle below said shoulders, a partition extending downwardly from said top wall intermediate one end of said cover and said neck, another partition extending inwardly from said side Walls at said one end of said cover intermediate said top Wall and the complemental shoulder, the inner ends of said partitions being joined together, said partitions forming with cooperating portions of said top wall and said side walls an auxiliary receptacle in said cover occupying a portion of the space between said top wall and said complemental shoulder, and an openable and closable door in one of said cooperating portions of said cover Wall and said side walls to attord access to said auxiliary receptacle.

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